i just wanted to say thanks again for the help. i was able to get tomb raider going with 'no sound card' selected. i then installed vdm sound, changed the sound selection to 'soundblaster' 220 1 7 and sound! i'll be able to play this game with sound for the first time! very cool. maybe i'll try the …

cool, i follow. i'll do a clean reinstall and select no sound and see if the game runs. if it does, i'll go from there. i really appreciate the help...

i wouldn't know how to find out if my audigy card handles legacy...i'm assuming since i don't get the game to run that whatever it's doing ain't working. i'm going to try it with vdm...hopefully nothing melts. Thanks for your help.

So, since i'm a shade on the dork side, you are saying that i'm going to need vdm installed to get tr to run with regular graphics?

Thanks for your replies. I'm just trying the basic install, without vdm and glidos at this point. It starts up and I get the menu. I set up sound using the manual select of 'soundblaster' 220, 1, 7 then click 'complete install' and installation completes and then i get black screen. No game. And it …

I know this has been beaten, but with tr aod coming out soon i've got the itch to play tr. yes, i have win xp, 9500 radeon and an audigy card. i've got vdm sound and glidos but i have not loaded them yet. i've loaded tr but after completing the installation the program acts like it's going play the …